Czech Republic national under-21 football team

Czech Republic Under-21
Nickname	Lvíčata (Little Lions)
Association	Fotbalová asociace; České republiky (FAČR)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Michal Bílek
Most caps	Jan Polák (45)
Top scorer	Tomáš Pekhart (17)
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Czech Republic 1–0 Malta ; (Opava, Czech Republic; 5 September 1994)
Biggest win
	Czech Republic 8–0 Bulgaria ; (Teplice, Czech Republic; 5 October 2001); Czech Republic 8–0 Liechtenstein ; (Prague, Czech Republic; 11 September 2007); Czech Republic 8–0 San Marino ; (Serravalle, San Marino; 9 June 2009); Czech Republic 8–0 Andorra ; (Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic; 10 August 2011)
Biggest defeat
	Denmark 5–0 Czech Republic ; (Vejle, Denmark; 10 September 2024); Records are for competitive; matches only
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1996)
Best result	Winners (2002)

The Czech Republic national under-21 football team is the national under-21 association football team of the Czech Republic and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

Although the breakup of Czechoslovakia occurred officially on 1 January 1993, the under-21 team continued until the end of the 1994 championship. After that, the Czech Republic and the Slovakia under-21s became separate footballing entities.

For both nations, the first matches were played in September 1994 in qualification for the 1996 championship.

The Czech Republic under-21 team reached the quarter-finals in 1996, but failed to qualify for 1998. The team reached the final in both the 2000 and 2002 tournaments, winning the latter on penalties.

Subsequently, the team failed to qualify for the tournaments in 2004 and 2006. They qualified for the 2007 competition but finished last in the group stage. They once again failed to qualify for the 2009 competition. In the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, they placed fourth.

Competitive Record

Summer Olympics record

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Squad
1992	did not qualify
1996	did not qualify
2000	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	5	6	Squad
2004	did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2020
2024
2028	to be determined
2032	to be determined
Total	Group stage	14th	3	0	2	1	5	6

UEFA European Under-21 Championship Record

1978 to 1994 - see Czechoslovakia

UEFA European Under-21 Championship record								UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Quarter-finals	2	0	0	2	2	4	10	7	2	1	33	9
1998	did not qualify							8	3	0	5	13	13
2000	Runners-up	4	2	1	1	9	7	12	9	1	2	20	6
2002	Winners	5	2	2	1	5	5	12	9	2	1	29	6
2004	did not qualify							10	7	0	3	20	7
2006	did not qualify							12	6	3	3	26	11
2007	Group stage	3	0	1	2	1	4	4	3	1	0	7	3
2009	did not qualify							8	4	2	2	19	5
2011	Fourth place	5	2	0	3	4	6	10	9	1	0	30	4
2013	did not qualify							10	6	3	1	26	7
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	6	3	Qualified as hosts
2017	Group stage	3	1	0	2	5	7	10	7	2	1	29	10
2019	did not qualify							10	5	1	4	14	15
2021	Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	4	10	6	3	1	20	4
2023		3	1	0	2	2	4	10	7	1	2	23	6
2025		3	1	0	2	5	7	10	5	3	2	16	12
Total	10/16	33	9	7	17	39	51	146	93	25	28	325	118

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

Individual awards

In addition to team victories, Czech players have won individual awards at the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship.

Year	Golden Player	Golden Boot
2002	Petr Čech
2015		Jan Kliment

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	8	5	2	1	18	8	+10	17	Final tournament	—	5–0	2–2	2–0	3–0
2	Czech Republic	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14^[a]	Play-offs	0–0	—	1–1	4–1	3–0
3	Wales	8	4	2	2	13	11	+2	14^[a]		1–2	1–2	—	1–0	2–1
4	Iceland	8	3	0	5	9	14	−5	9		4–2	2–1	1–2	—	0–2
5	Lithuania	8	1	0	7	7	16	−9	3		1–2	1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Czech Republic 4, Wales 1

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship play-offs

The three play-off winners qualify for the final tournament.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Finland	6–3	Norway	5–1	1–2
Belgium	1–3	Czech Republic	0–2	1–1
Georgia	3–3 (7–6 p)	Croatia	1–0	2–3 (a.e.t.)

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship (Final tournament) group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	GER	ENG	CZE	SVN
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6	9	Knockout stage	—
2	England	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Knockout stage		—
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3				—
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	0	5	−5	1					—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Loss

2025

21 March 2025 Friendly	Spain	2–2	Czech Republic	Lorca, Spain
19:30 CEST	Joseph 10' Tárrega 82'		Fila 20', 22'	Stadium: Estadio Francisco Artés Carrasco

24 March 2025 Friendly	Norway	2–0	Czech Republic	Murcia, Spain
14:00 CEST	Skogvold 23', 85' (pen.)			Stadium: Pinatar Arena

12 June 2025 (2025-06-12) 2025 UEFA U21 Euro group stage	Czech Republic	1−3	England	Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
21:00	Fila 51'	Report	Elliott 39' Rowe 48' Cresswell 76'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 8,087 Referee: Elchin Masiyev (Azerbaijan)

15 June 2025 (2025-06-15) 2025 UEFA U21 Euro group stage	Czech Republic	2–4	Germany	Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
21:00	Arrey-Mbi 61' (o.g.) Spáčil 66'	Report	Tresoldi 34' Nebel 41' Woltemade 54' Martel 59'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 7,870 Referee: Alexis Herrera (Venezuela)

18 June 2025 (2025-06-18) 2025 UEFA U21 Euro group stage	Slovenia	0–2	Czech Republic	Dunajská Streda, Slovakia
21:00		Report	Fila 48' Sejk 59'	Stadium: MOL Aréna Attendance: 4,028 Referee: Simone Sozza (Italy)

5 September 2025 (2025-09-05) 2027 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Czech Republic	2–0	Scotland	Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic
18:00	Kričfaluši 22' Eduardo 71' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 5,819 Referee: Florian Badstübner (Germany)

9 September 2025 (2025-09-09) 2027 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Gibraltar	1–2	Czech Republic	Europa Point, Gibraltar
13:00	Clinton 19' (pen.)	Report	Vojta 25' Mašek 73'	Stadium: Europa Point Stadium Attendance: 204 Referee: Michele Beltrano (San Marino)

10 October 2025 (2025-10-10) 2027 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Czech Republic	5–0	Azerbaijan	Karviná, Czech Republic
18:00	Mašek 40', 58', 75' Ambros 55' Planka 84'	Report		Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 2,812 Referee: Jovan Kachevski (North Macedonia)

14 October 2025 (2025-10-14) 2027 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Bulgaria	2–1	Czech Republic	Pazardzhik, Bulgaria
18:00	Iliev 34' Panayotov 85'	Report	Šín 30'	Stadium: Stadion Georgi Benkovski Attendance: 401 Referee: Ion Orlic (Moldova)

14 November 2025 (2025-11-14) Friendly	Czech Republic	1–2	Serbia	Pardubice, Czech Republic
18:00	Eduardo 51' (pen.)		Jovanović 36' Mijatović 79'	Stadium: Stadion Arnošta Košťála

18 November 2025 (2025-11-18) 2027 UEFA U-21 Qualification	Czech Republic	0–0	Portugal	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
18:00		Report		Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 7,618 Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

Players

Current squad

The following players are in the nomination for the friendly match against Serbia on 14 November 2025 and for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification against Portugal on 18 November 2025.^[1]

Caps and goals updated as of 18 November 2025 after the match against Portugal.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Colin Andrew	(2004-02-25) 25 February 2004	0	0	České Budějovice
1GK	Viktor Baier	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005	2	0	Blau-Weiß Linz
1GK	Jan Koutný	(2004-10-14) 14 October 2004	5	0	Sigma Olomouc

2DF	Jan Chytrý	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004	4	0	Karviná
2DF	Ondřej Čoudek	(2004-10-25) 25 October 2004	2	0	Artis Brno
2DF	Jiří Hamza	(2005-07-08) 8 July 2005	1	0	Slovácko
2DF	Tomáš Král	(2004-10-26) 26 October 2004	3	0	Ružomberok
2DF	Albert Labík	(2004-05-13) 13 May 2004	11	0	Karviná
2DF	Patrik Měkota	(2004-03-21) 21 March 2004	1	0	Baník Ostrava
2DF	Adam Ševínský	(2004-06-19) 19 June 2004	7	0	Sparta Prague
2DF	Jan Trédl	(2004-07-06) 6 July 2004	1	0	Pardubice

3MF	Lukáš Ambros	(2004-06-05) 5 June 2004	7	1	Górnik Zabrze
3MF	Alexandr Bužek	(2004-08-02) 2 August 2004	5	0	Karviná
3MF	Roman Horák	(2005-02-25) 25 February 2005	1	0	Sparta Prague
3MF	Tomáš Jelínek	(2005-12-27) 27 December 2005	5	0	Slavia Prague
3MF	Dominik Pech	(2006-09-04) 4 September 2006	2	0	Young Boys
3MF	David Planka	(2005-07-28) 28 July 2005	6	1	Baník Ostrava
3MF	Tom Slončík	(2004-12-21) 21 December 2004	7	0	Hradec Králové
3MF	Matěj Žitný	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005	1	0	Dukla Prague

4FW	Jan Buryán	(2005-10-11) 11 October 2005	1	0	Táborsko
4FW	Yannick Eduardo	(2006-01-23) 23 January 2006	5	2	Dordrecht
4FW	Lukáš Mašek	(2004-05-08) 8 May 2004	6	4	Slovan Liberec
4FW	Matěj Mikulenka	(2004-02-05) 5 February 2004	3	0	Sigma Olomouc
4FW	Matyáš Vojta	(2004-02-26) 26 February 2004	8	1	Mladá Boleslav

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the under-21 squad in the last 12 months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up

DF	Eric Hunal	(2005-01-21) 21 January 2005	4	0	Dukla Prague	v. Bulgaria, 14 October 2025
DF	Jan Paluska	(2005-06-23) 23 June 2005	4	0	Viktoria Plzeň	v. Bulgaria, 14 October 2025
DF	Mikuláš Konečný	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006	2	0	Pardubice	v. Azerbaijan, 10 October 2025 ^INJ
DF	Daniel Kutík	(2004-05-12) 12 May 2004	0	0	Zbrojovka Brno	v. Gibraltar, 9 September 2025

MF	Marek Havran	(2006-10-07) 7 October 2006	0	0	Baník Ostrava	v. Bulgaria, 14 October 2025
MF	Ondřej Kričfaluši	(2004-03-09) 9 March 2004	15	1	Baník Ostrava	v. Bulgaria, 14 October 2025
MF	Matěj Šín	(2004-06-02) 2 June 2004	7	1	AZ Alkmaar	v. Bulgaria, 14 October 2025

^INJ = Withdrew due to an injury.

Previous squads

Most appearances

As of 19 June 2025.^[2]

#	Player	Caps
1	Jan Polák	45
2	Václav Sejk	36
3	David Kobylík	31
4	Michal Trávník	30
4	Adam Karabec	30
6	Bořek Dočkal	28
6	Josef Kaufman	28
8	Jan Lecjaks	27
8	Michal Papadopulos	27
10	Lukáš Došek	26
	Michal Kadlec
	Ondřej Mazuch
	Tomáš Pekhart
	Roman Týce
	Tomáš Ujfaluši

Top goalscorers

As of 19 June 2025.^[3]

#	Player	Goals	Clubs during the player's time in the Under-21s.
1	Tomáš Pekhart	17	Tottenham Hotspur, Jablonec
2	Václav Sejk	13	Sparta Prague, Teplice, Jablonec, Roda Kerkrade, Zagłębie Lubin, Famalicão
3	Jan Chramosta	12	Mladá Boleslav
3	Daniel Fila	12	Mladá Boleslav, Slavia Prague, Teplice, Venezia
5	Patrik Schick	11	Bohemians 1905, Sampdoria
6	Milan Baroš	9	Baník Ostrava, Liverpool
	Tomáš Došek		Viktoria Plzeň, Slavia Prague
	Václav Černý		Ajax
9	Bořek Dočkal	8	Slavia Prague, Kladno, Slovan Liberec, Konyaspor
	Pavel Novotný		Slavia Prague
	Václav Svěrkoš		Baník Ostrava, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hertha

Notes

References

External links

UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- Czech Republic Under-21s at uefa.com
Official ČMFS Czech Republic Under-21 website Contains listings and statistics of current and past Czech Republic U-21 players. (in Czech)
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21 Championships.

[table_hth_CZE0.75879060791749-1] Head-to-head points: Czech Republic 4, Wales 1

[2] "Nominace reprezentace do 21 let na zápasy se Srbskem a Portugalskem" (in Czech). Football Association of the Czech Republic. 7 November 2025.

[3] "Česko U21 - Historické statistiky - Nejvíce startů". Football Association of the Czech Republic.

[4] "Česko U21 - Historické statistiky - Nejvíce branek". Football Association of the Czech Republic.

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